SOUTH HAMPSTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1052186 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To establish and maintain a synagogue or synagogues and related community facilities; to advance the education of the public in the Jewish religious and the many facets of the Jewish culture in particular but not exclusively by the provision of lectures and seminars of Jewish history, the Jewish religion, Jewish Philosophy and the Hebrew language ? both modern and biblical

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY WORLDWIDE:TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SYNAGOGUE OR SYNAGOGUES AND RELATED COMMUNITY FACILITIES INCLUDING THE PAYMENT, HIRING AND PENSION OF MINISTERS OF RELIGION AND OTHER PERSONS EMPLOYED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PLACE OF WORSHIP AND ITS FACILITIES; TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE JEWISH RELIGION AND THE MANY FACETS OF JEWISH CULTURE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF LECTURES AND SEMINARS OF JEWISH HISTORY, THE JEWISH RELIGION, JEWISH PHILOSOPHY AND HEBREW LANGUAGE – BOTH MODERN AND BIBLICAL

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased significantly to £605,438, resulting in a net income of £169,770 for the period. The trustees consider the charity to be in a strong financial position with sufficient cash reserves to meet ongoing commitments. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Danny Kay
• JOHN BRYAN AUSTIN
• Leon Blitz
• RICHARD IAN LOFTUS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stephen Howard John Pack · trustee of 3 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHAR HAMELECH.

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Side by side with its peers

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